Just Us Two, Forever

Father-Son Story (YY and Y)

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It's been a long time. Sorry guys! Life is confusing sometimes~~

Chapter 7: I'm Here To Stay

"I just don't see WHY you had to take him from school."

"Because he was having a crappy day, alright?!"

"That doesn't excuse it Atemu! The boy needs an education or he won't get a good job when he grows up!"

"HE CAN PLAY CARD GAMES!"

"OH PLEASE! THAT'S NO CAREER FOR A PROPER MAN!"

"YOU CALLING ME A 'NOT-PROPER GUY' OLD MAN?!"

Yugi sat in his room, watching TV as his grandpa and father's fight carried up the stairs. They had been fighting ever since Yugi had got home. Yugi tried to tone them out, but they were just too loud. They were getting vicious, by the looks of it. Yugi was feeling awful right now, his whole body ached and he felt like vomiting. It almost compared to what he felt like when he heard the news that his mother had died.

"Maybe a sickness? Surely not sickness to a broken heart?" said Yugi, examining his face in the mirror, "Ugh, I look like I just woke up." Yugi muttered, trying to comb his hair down, er, UP.

But she rejected him. In the most humiliating way, having her boyfriend embarrass him she rejected him. What was he suppose to do tomorrow? Everyone will have probably heard about what happened and even worse, Yugi left so they'll think he's a baby. Yugi was at a loss.

"Ugh, I wish he would have never showed up in the first place, he's just caused a bunch of problems that I don't need!" Yugi said, throwing a pillow at the door.

Narrowly missing his father's head.

"Geeze Yugi! You would have sent me down the stairs!" said Atemu jokingly, closing the door.

"Pity." said Yugi tiredly and looked away from his dad to a poster of the Dark Magician on his wall. Atemu followed his son's eye direction.

"I'm sorry your grandfather and I keep fighting. We never really saw eye to eye on most things even when I first started dating your mother." said Atemu.

"Wonder why." said Yugi sarcastically.

"Man, you keep coming with the sarcasm, don't you?" asked Atemu, walking towards Yugi, smiling.

"Get use to it. Metaphorically speaking, I've been cursed with sarcasm." said Yugi. Atemu gave his son a sad smile.

"Hey, why don't we do something today, you know, get your mind off your 'girl issue'." offered Atemu, sitting on his son's bed, and Yugi pulled his legs to himself, away from his father. He was acting as if any touch from Atemu was a poison or it would burn him. Yugi stared at his father for a long time. He wasn't thinking of anything in particular, he was just staring. Atemu began to wonder what his son was thinking about with the glazed look in his purple orbs.

Yugi's mind had made up for itself before his inner conscious of anger could stop it.

"W….where would we go?" Yugi asked, seemingly embarrassed that he was giving in to his father's persistent begging. Atemu smiled brightly, glad Yugi had finally come around. Atemu was almost ecstatic.

"Anywhere you want! Just you and me kiddo, any place you can think of!" said Atemu excitedly, getting off the bed.

"Well…I have been wanting to go to the carnival that opened a few nights ago…I was going to go with Jonouchi or someone eventually…" muttered Yugi. 'Why am I doing this again?'

"Nonsense, we'll go tonight and if you want, we can bring Jonouchi or any of your other friends." said Atemu, nearly beaming.

"…Okay…" said Yugi softly. It was a very silent, awkward silence for Yugi but a happy silence for Atemu. Atemu just smiled down at his son, and Yugi just shifted a little, staring down at the bed.

"Okay, well I'll let you call Jonouchi and your pals. We'll leave at six!" said Atemu, happily and exited the room.

'Yes, yes, YES! Finally I got to him!' thought Atemu, walking down the stairs happily, 'I. Am. So. Happy!' thought Atemu, nearly missing a step.

"Whoa, easy Atemu, why are you so cheerful?" asked Grandpa, walking in just as Atemu tripped the last step.

"Solomon, it's amazing, Yugi actually agreed to go with me somewhere!" said Atemu, spinning slightly in his excitement.

"Wow, you're progressing great; Yugi must be taking a liking to you. You've moved up from jacka$$ to loser on Yugi's list" said Grandpa.

"Yeah, I know: it's great, isn't it?" said Atemu, smiling, making Grandpa get a sweat drop. Atemu danced around the kitchen, but then slipped on some water on the floor and fell. But he just laughed and got up afterwards. It seemed like nothing could take him down from the high that his son just gave him. Atemu didn't realize just how much he craved his son's acceptance till just moments ago. Grandpa watched with amusement at his son-in-law.

'Wow, he really does love Yugi a lot.'

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Six o'clock rolled in at nearly impeccable speed and Atemu waited patiently but eagerly by the door for Yugi. He began fidgeting with his dangling 'live strong' bracelet that he found lost on the floor of the guest bedroom.

"You sure are jittery Atemu, calm down or you might just freak Yugi out!" laughed Grandpa, walking past Atemu.

"Ha. You're just jealous that Yugi is taking a liking to me, and soon you won't be the favorite anymore." said Atemu, sticking his tongue out at Grandpa, who then hit him with a dishtowel.

"Watch your mouth; you may have been gone but your still my son-in-law which means I can whoop your a$$ mister!" said Grandpa with an anime vein, "I will always be the favorite."

"Tough cookies old man. I'm here to stay." Atemu disagreed.

'One can only hope.' Grandpa thought secretly, but didn't dare to say it out loud. He was hoping things would get better and that Atemu's last remark wouldn't turn out to be a lie in the end. He didn't think Yugi could take it.

"Hey. You two fighting again?" both Grandpa and Atemu looked up to see Yugi trudging down the stairs, not excited like Atemu had been but looking like he regretted ever agreeing to it. Atemu smiled at his son regardless.

"Nope. You look nice." He eyed his son's appearance. Shiny black shoes, black pants, black shirt, a choker and several silver and gold bracelets. He tried not to let the amount of black alarm him and accepted that it was Yugi's style and if he judged it, it certainly wouldn't gain him any points with Yugi.

Yugi cast his father a tired glance. He knew Atemu was probably judging him on the inside anyways. "Thanks."

"So I hear you two are going to a carnival. How exciting." Grandpa mentioned as Yugi stopped beside his father. The resemblance is astounding.

"Yes!" "Yup." It was evident who was more excited out of the two.

"I hope you two have a nice time. Don't be back too late."

The doorbell then rang, alerting Yugi to the fact that his friends were here. Atemu quirked his head.

"Who could that be?" Atemu went to the door and opened it, revealing Jonouchi, Honda and Morgan.

"Um…hello?" Honda squinted, checking out Atemu's face.

"Oh hi! You must be Yugi's friends." Atemu smiled a charming smile, nearly causing Morgan to swoon. Yugi blinked.

"I didn't invite you." Yugi said to Morgan, eyebrows furrowed.

"Yugi, that's not polite!" Grandpa scolded Yugi, who crossed his arms.

"Sorry Yug', she met up with me and Honda when we were at Burger World and when we got your text, she wouldn't accept no as an answer." Jonouchi apologized, shrugging and Morgan grinned.

"It's okay Mr. Mouto, I always get this treatment from everyone. Doesn't bother me." She smiled a toothy grin, "I mostly came to see how Yugi was doing."

"Horrible." Any girl to Yugi right now was Anzu. Every female face was replaced by her image. It was like she was plastered everywhere. It made the sickness start to come back.

"Yug', don't worry. If I see her, I'll hit her with a water balloon full of nacho cheese." Jonouchi joked, receiving a small smile out of Yugi. Atemu turned back to Yugi's three friends.

"So who are you…?" Honda asked, giving Atemu a weird look.

"I'm—"

"I think this is the deadbeat father Yug' mentioned." Atemu anime fell and Grandpa sweat dropped.

"I'm not a deadbeat…"Atemu muttered weakly under his breath, frowning now.

"Guys, that's not cool. If you're going to talk about him, do it when he's not around!" Morgan complained, smacking Jonouchi lightly on the shoulder.

'As if that makes it any better…' Atemu thought, turning back to Yugi, "Ready to go?"

"I guess I have to be." Yugi pulled on his school jacket and pushed past his father and into his friends.

"Um, should I call you Mr. Mouto too?" Yugi heard Morgan asked confused from behind him.

"Just call me Grandpa, hun." Said Grandpa, laughing slightly. Yugi heard keys rumbling.

"Okay kids, let's get going."

The last girl and the last reason to make this last for as long as I could.
First kiss and the first time that I felt connected to anything.
The weight of water, the way you told me to look past everything I had ever learned.
The final word in the final sentence you ever uttered to me was love.

Thank you guys so much for sticking with me even though I haven't updated in ages. I sort of lost my interesting in Yu-Gi-Oh (ZOMG!! TRAGEDY!!), but since it's summer I'm goign to try and pick this story back up. I like this idea so i'm going to force myself to write it even if it kills me. I need your help though!

During my long period of absence, I've forgotten where I was going with this story. I've decided now i'm going to leave it up to you guys! For each chapter I want you all to send me your ideas on what you want to happen next and if something strikes me i'll pick the idea to run with. This is important because I'm depending on you guys to tell me what you think should happen.

Two rules:

1. Nothing ridiculous//be serious

2. It's a tragedy, keep that in mind.

Don't make me do all the thinking because I have so much else going on in my life. Take this oppertunity to express your talents! I'll update more often, but it counts on you guys. You can message me here or by email (which you can find on my profile under the 'email' link). I hope you enjoyed this chapter! =D